Technical Lead (Card Product)

Burns Sheehan; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech scale-up in London seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive the technical direction of their high-growth card and credit products. This hands-on role involves guiding a small team and making architectural decisions for a serverless platform. Ideal candidates will have strong backend engineering skills, experience with card-based products, and a proactive leadership approach. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits including a bonus, stock grants, and a dedicated learning budget, with flexible hybrid working conditions.

Benefits

Bonus up to 22%

Annual stock grant

Dedicated learning budget

Private medical and dental insurance

Enhanced Paternity/Maternity cover

High-ownership role

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering background, preferably in Python.
• Experience with card-based products, ideally in credit.
• Strong architectural and system design skills.

Responsibilities

• Be the senior technical authority for cross-functional teams.
• Drive architectural decisions for a serverless backend platform.
• Mentor team members and foster a culture of engineering excellence.
• Bring domain expertise in cards and credit.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

Architectural design

Card-based products

Job description

Lead Software Engineer - Cards | Credit | Payments

💰 Up to £130,000 + bonus (15-22%)

🖥️ Python (Java/Clojure/Ruby considered), Event-Driven Architecture, Serverless

📍 London, hybrid working (2 days/week)

🤝 Leading business lending platform

I'm partnered with one of the UK's most successful fintech scale-ups.

They've recently launched a new product line which has become the company's highest‑growth area and most strategically backed. It now has its own dedicated leadership and roadmap.

They're now hiring a Lead Engineer who can bring domain expertise in areas such as card products (credit or debit), payments, buy‑now‑pay‑later or the credit space. This is a critical hands‑on leadership role and part of a small team of 3 who will be driving the overall technical direction and architecture of one of the most commercially important product areas in the business.

What you'll be doing...

• Be the senior technical authority for one of the cross‑functional teams focused on credit and card systems
• Drive architectural decisions for an event‑driven, serverless, high‑volume, low‑latency backend platform
• Mentor Lead and Senior Engineers, driving engineering excellence and fostering a high‑performance culture
• Bring much‑needed domain expertise in cards and credit to a high‑growth area with a greenfield mindset

What they're looking for...

• Strong backend engineering background, they use Python in production but would be open to expertise in Ruby/Java/Clojure/Go
• Experience working on card‑based products - ideally credit, but debit or prepaid
• Strong architectural and system design skills

What's in it for you...

• Bonus at approximately 15% (with potential to earn up to 22%)
• Annual stock grant
• Dedicated annual learning budget
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Broad range of benefits including enhanced Paternity/Maternity cover
• Hybrid working - 2 days/week in their London office (no fixed days)
• Be part of a high‑ownership role with real scope to shape the success of a growing product

Burns Sheehan Ltd will consider applications based only on skills and ability and will not discriminate on any grounds.